Atarimania

Atari ST - Domark - 1989

Hard Drivin'

Hard Drivin' — screenshot 11 / 17
Genre
Racing - Cars
Year
1989
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
Domark
Controls
Joystick / Mouse
Distributor
-
Players
1 / Demo
Developer
[n/a]
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
Atari Games / Tengen
Programmer(s)
Friedrich, Jürgen
Country
United KingdomItaly
Graphic Artist(s)
Brown, Richard / Friedrich, Jürgen
Software
English
Game design
Atari Games [company]
Box/Instructions
English / Italian
Musician(s)
Furniss, Matt
License
Commercial
Sound FX
[unknown]
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
1 / Single Sided
Dump format
Pasti
Protection

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TRIVIA (8)

Origins

Based on Atari Games 1989 coin-op.

Sound

This game features digital sound effects

Awards:

Golden Joystick Awards: Best 16-bit coin-op conversion 1990

Conversion - Atari Lynx

Competition

Hard Drivin' was featured in ST Format's competition where four winners got a 1/18 scale radio controlled model of Ferrari F40.

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 4 (3/1990)
Months on charts: 6 between 2/1990 - 12/1990

Development

Game was developed on the Atari ST and took about 6 months to write. It was developed mainly using Turbo C for code and Art Director for graphics. Final source code size was between 350 and 400 kilobytes. 70% of the source code is C and 30% assembler.
ST version runs between 8 to 10 frames per second with over 150 objects on screen at the same time.
Source: ACE issue 28 January 1990

Releases

The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

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BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (4)

The One · September, 1989
The One · December, 1989Rating: 88 %
ST Action · January, 1990Rating: 72 %
ST Format · January, 1990Rating: 84%